Q: Is 2,341,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,341,872 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 2,341,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 139 144 156 162 208 216 234 278 312 324 351 417 432 468 556 624 648 702 834 936 1,053 1,112 1,251 1,296 1,404 1,668 1,807 1,872 2,106 2,224 2,502 2,808 3,336 3,614 3,753 4,212 5,004 5,421 5,616 6,672 7,228 7,506 8,424 10,008 10,842 11,259 14,456 15,012 16,263 16,848 20,016 21,684 22,518 28,912 30,024 32,526 43,368 45,036 48,789 60,048 65,052 86,736 90,072 97,578 130,104 146,367 180,144 195,156 260,208 292,734 390,312 585,468 780,624 1,170,936 and 2,341,872, with no remainder.

Since 2,341,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,341,872, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).